Private Equity
The newspaper formerly owned by Avista is now controlled by lenders including Angelo Gordon. New additions to its board include local private equity chiefs and former WSJ publisher Gordon Crovitz.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
United Malt Holdings will be bought by listed Australian grain handler GrainCorp.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Starwood Capital’s latest global real estate fund has received $100m in commitments from two US pension funds, including New Mexico’s $13bn scheme and the $15.8bn Louisiana Teachers fund. New Mexico also committed a further $65m to private equity and real estate funds.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The largest LBOs done during the bygone buyout boom range from superb performers to ‘scary’, and ‘could-be-worse’ to ‘could-be-in-trouble’, according to Private Equity International magazine.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Asian frontier markets-focused firm has made two additions to its team and resumed fundraising for the Leopard Cambodia Fund, which originally closed on $27m in April.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm, founded in 2005, is investing from its $20m debut fund, which is about 80% invested. Evolution plans to raise a second fund.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The largest private equity deal in the CEE region this year also represents a partial exit for Enterprise Investors.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Oaktree has been collecting millions from a number of public pensions in the US for two investment vehicles.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The real estate arm of global asset management group Franklin Templeton Investments holds a final close for its Asian multi-manager product.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The pension, which fired Aldus Equity in May, has a 10% target allocation to private equity.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
